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Ice Creeper.

N0. 242,293. Patented May 31,1881.

WITNESSES INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

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ICE-CREEPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,293, dated May 31, 1881.

Application filed April i4, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom "it may concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES E. FRIEL, of Fredericton, in the Province of New Brunswick, Dominion of Canada, have invented a new and Improved Ice-Creeper, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide an adjustable spur for the heel of a boot or shoe for enabling persons to walk on ice or icy surfaces without slipping.

The in vent-ion consists in a spur mounted on a shaft in a recess in the heel, which spur can be adjusted to project through a transverse slot in the heel-plate by means of a crank attached to the shaft of the spur, which shaft can be locked in any desired position by means of a notched slide fitting over this shaft and sliding on the back of the heel.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure-1 is a plan view of a heel provided with my improved ice-creeper. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the same on the line as 00, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is acrosssectional elevation on the line y y, Fig. 3.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A heel-plate, A, with a transverse slot, B, near the rear end, is attached to the under side of the heel C by means of screws D D. The heel-plate A is provided at the rear end with an extension, E, which is bent upward against the back of the heel. A part of theheel-plate is punched out to form an aperture, F, and this part is bent upward to form a lug, Gr, fitting in a recess, H, in the rear part of the heel C. A shaft, J, with a squared outer end, K, is loosely mounted on this lug G, and the rear bent part, E, of the heel-plate, and on this shaft J a spur or angular plate, L, is rigidly mounted directly over the slot B. This plate L is provided with a point, B, and is as thick as the slot B is wide, and the width of the plate is equal to the length of the slot B, so that this plate will always fill the slot, and thus prevent dirt from passing into the recess H. I The outer end of the shaft J is provided with a crank or handle, M, by means of which it and the plate L can be turned. A sliding lat-ch, N, with a notch, 0, into which the squared end of the shaft J fits at the lower end, is held to the outside of the rear bent part, E, of the heel by a rivet passing through a longitudinal slot, P, of this rear part, E.

The operation is as follows: Ordinarily the edge of the plate L is flush with the under surface of the heel-plate and is held in this position by the slide N. If the spur is to project from the under surface of the heel-plate A the slide N is raised and the crank M is turned one hundred and eighty degrees, causing the point or angle R to project through the slot B and from the surface of the plate. The slide N is then pushed downward to lock the spur or plate L in this position. The spur L can thus be adjusted as the circumstances may require very rapidly and conveniently.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with the heel-plate A, provided with an angular extension, E, at the rear end, with a lug, G, and a transverse slot, B, of the shaft J, pivoted in the extension E, and lug G, and of the spur-plate L, mounted on the shaft J, and fitting in the slot B, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the heel-plate A, provided with an angular extension, E, at the rear end, with a lug, Cr, and a slot, B, of the shaft J, the spur-plate L, the crank or handle M, and the notched slide N, substantially as herein shown and described, forthe purpose set forth.

3. In combination with a heel, a spur-plate mounted on a shaft pivoted within a recess in the heel, and combined with a notched slide on the rear of the heel. for locking the shaft and the spur-plate in any desired position, substantially as herein. shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

CHARLES ERNEST FRIEL.

Witnesses:

HENRY B. RANESFORD, J r., Barrister-at-Lmv,Frederict0n, New Brunswick.

FRANK STRA'roN, Student-at-Lmv, Fredericton, New Brunswick. 

